# GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Rdl.Tools.ReportExtensions

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  <h1 id="GrapeCity_ActiveReports_Rdl_Tools_ReportExtensions" data-uid="GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Rdl.Tools.ReportExtensions" class="text-break">ReportExtensions Class
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  <div class="markdown level0 summary"><p>Represents a set of extension methods for the <a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.ActiveReports.PageReportModel.Report.html">Report</a> class to visit, modify, or extract information from the Report definition model.</p>
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    <h5>Inheritance</h5>
    <div class="level0"><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object">object</a></div>
    <div class="level1"><span class="xref">ReportExtensions</span></div>
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  <h6><strong>Namespace</strong>: <a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Rdl.Tools.html">GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Rdl.Tools</a></h6>
  <h6><strong>Assembly</strong>: MESCIUS.ActiveReports.Core.Rdl.dll</h6>
  <h5 id="GrapeCity_ActiveReports_Rdl_Tools_ReportExtensions_syntax">Syntax</h5>
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    <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">public static class ReportExtensions</code></pre>
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  <h3 id="methods">Methods
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        <th>Name</th>
        <th>Description</th>
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        <td id="GrapeCity_ActiveReports_Rdl_Tools_ReportExtensions_Copy_GrapeCity_ActiveReports_PageReportModel_Report_GrapeCity_ActiveReports_ResourceLocator_" data-uid="GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Rdl.Tools.ReportExtensions.Copy(GrapeCity.ActiveReports.PageReportModel.Report,GrapeCity.ActiveReports.ResourceLocator)">
          <a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Rdl.Tools.ReportExtensions.Copy.html#GrapeCity_ActiveReports_Rdl_Tools_ReportExtensions_Copy_GrapeCity_ActiveReports_PageReportModel_Report_GrapeCity_ActiveReports_ResourceLocator_">Copy(Report, ResourceLocator)</a>
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        <td class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Creates a copy of the report.</p>
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        <td id="GrapeCity_ActiveReports_Rdl_Tools_ReportExtensions_Downgrade_GrapeCity_ActiveReports_PageReportModel_Report_" data-uid="GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Rdl.Tools.ReportExtensions.Downgrade(GrapeCity.ActiveReports.PageReportModel.Report)">
          <a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Rdl.Tools.ReportExtensions.Downgrade.html#GrapeCity_ActiveReports_Rdl_Tools_ReportExtensions_Downgrade_GrapeCity_ActiveReports_PageReportModel_Report_">Downgrade(Report)</a>
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        <td class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Downgrades a multi-section report to the old RDL 2005 model without sections.</p>
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        <td id="GrapeCity_ActiveReports_Rdl_Tools_ReportExtensions_FromString_System_String_GrapeCity_ActiveReports_ResourceLocator_" data-uid="GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Rdl.Tools.ReportExtensions.FromString(System.String,GrapeCity.ActiveReports.ResourceLocator)">
          <a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Rdl.Tools.ReportExtensions.FromString.html#GrapeCity_ActiveReports_Rdl_Tools_ReportExtensions_FromString_System_String_GrapeCity_ActiveReports_ResourceLocator_">FromString(string, ResourceLocator)</a>
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        <td class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Creates a report from an RDL (Report Definition Language) string.</p>
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        <td id="GrapeCity_ActiveReports_Rdl_Tools_ReportExtensions_GetAllReportItems_GrapeCity_ActiveReports_PageReportModel_Report_" data-uid="GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Rdl.Tools.ReportExtensions.GetAllReportItems(GrapeCity.ActiveReports.PageReportModel.Report)">
          <a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Rdl.Tools.ReportExtensions.GetAllReportItems.html#GrapeCity_ActiveReports_Rdl_Tools_ReportExtensions_GetAllReportItems_GrapeCity_ActiveReports_PageReportModel_Report_">GetAllReportItems(Report)</a>
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        <td class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Enumerates all report items (from body, header, footer, and their descendants).</p>
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        <td id="GrapeCity_ActiveReports_Rdl_Tools_ReportExtensions_GetSelfAndAllDescendants_GrapeCity_ActiveReports_PageReportModel_ReportItem_" data-uid="GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Rdl.Tools.ReportExtensions.GetSelfAndAllDescendants(GrapeCity.ActiveReports.PageReportModel.ReportItem)">
          <a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Rdl.Tools.ReportExtensions.GetSelfAndAllDescendants.html#GrapeCity_ActiveReports_Rdl_Tools_ReportExtensions_GetSelfAndAllDescendants_GrapeCity_ActiveReports_PageReportModel_ReportItem_">GetSelfAndAllDescendants(ReportItem)</a>
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        <td class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Enumerates self and all descendants.</p>
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        <td id="GrapeCity_ActiveReports_Rdl_Tools_ReportExtensions_MergeWithMaster_GrapeCity_ActiveReports_PageReportModel_Report_GrapeCity_ActiveReports_ResourceLocator_GrapeCity_ActiveReports_PageReportModel_IMasterContentService_" data-uid="GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Rdl.Tools.ReportExtensions.MergeWithMaster(GrapeCity.ActiveReports.PageReportModel.Report,GrapeCity.ActiveReports.ResourceLocator,GrapeCity.ActiveReports.PageReportModel.IMasterContentService)">
          <a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Rdl.Tools.ReportExtensions.MergeWithMaster.html#GrapeCity_ActiveReports_Rdl_Tools_ReportExtensions_MergeWithMaster_GrapeCity_ActiveReports_PageReportModel_Report_GrapeCity_ActiveReports_ResourceLocator_GrapeCity_ActiveReports_PageReportModel_IMasterContentService_">MergeWithMaster(Report, ResourceLocator, IMasterContentService)</a>
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        <td class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Merges a report with its master report.</p>
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        <td id="GrapeCity_ActiveReports_Rdl_Tools_ReportExtensions_PreSortReport_GrapeCity_ActiveReports_PageReportModel_Report_" data-uid="GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Rdl.Tools.ReportExtensions.PreSortReport(GrapeCity.ActiveReports.PageReportModel.Report)">
          <a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Rdl.Tools.ReportExtensions.PreSortReport.html#GrapeCity_ActiveReports_Rdl_Tools_ReportExtensions_PreSortReport_GrapeCity_ActiveReports_PageReportModel_Report_">PreSortReport(Report)</a>
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        <td class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Pre-sorts a report for optimized processing.</p>
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        <td id="GrapeCity_ActiveReports_Rdl_Tools_ReportExtensions_SaveRdl_GrapeCity_ActiveReports_PageReportModel_Report_System_Xml_XmlWriter_GrapeCity_ActiveReports_ResourceLocator_System_Boolean_" data-uid="GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Rdl.Tools.ReportExtensions.SaveRdl(GrapeCity.ActiveReports.PageReportModel.Report,System.Xml.XmlWriter,GrapeCity.ActiveReports.ResourceLocator,System.Boolean)">
          <a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Rdl.Tools.ReportExtensions.SaveRdl.html#GrapeCity_ActiveReports_Rdl_Tools_ReportExtensions_SaveRdl_GrapeCity_ActiveReports_PageReportModel_Report_System_Xml_XmlWriter_GrapeCity_ActiveReports_ResourceLocator_System_Boolean_">SaveRdl(Report, XmlWriter, ResourceLocator, bool)</a>
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        <td class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Saves the report as RDL (Report Definition Language) using the specified XML writer.</p>
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        <td id="GrapeCity_ActiveReports_Rdl_Tools_ReportExtensions_ToRdlString_GrapeCity_ActiveReports_PageReportModel_Report_GrapeCity_ActiveReports_ResourceLocator_GrapeCity_ActiveReports_IReportComponentFactory_System_Boolean_" data-uid="GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Rdl.Tools.ReportExtensions.ToRdlString(GrapeCity.ActiveReports.PageReportModel.Report,GrapeCity.ActiveReports.ResourceLocator,GrapeCity.ActiveReports.IReportComponentFactory,System.Boolean)">
          <a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Rdl.Tools.ReportExtensions.ToRdlString.html#GrapeCity_ActiveReports_Rdl_Tools_ReportExtensions_ToRdlString_GrapeCity_ActiveReports_PageReportModel_Report_GrapeCity_ActiveReports_ResourceLocator_GrapeCity_ActiveReports_IReportComponentFactory_System_Boolean_">ToRdlString(Report, ResourceLocator, IReportComponentFactory, bool)</a>
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        <td class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Converts the report to an RDL (Report Definition Language) string representation.</p>
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        <td id="GrapeCity_ActiveReports_Rdl_Tools_ReportExtensions_Upgrade_GrapeCity_ActiveReports_PageReportModel_Report_" data-uid="GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Rdl.Tools.ReportExtensions.Upgrade(GrapeCity.ActiveReports.PageReportModel.Report)">
          <a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Rdl.Tools.ReportExtensions.Upgrade.html#GrapeCity_ActiveReports_Rdl_Tools_ReportExtensions_Upgrade_GrapeCity_ActiveReports_PageReportModel_Report_">Upgrade(Report)</a>
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        <td class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Upgrades a report to a multi-section report.</p>
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